The Naked and the Dead
by Mailer, Norman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Rinehart and Company , 1948. Solid copy. Unmarked, tight and square. Light brown boards with black stamping on spine and front board. No Circled R on copyright page so not first printing but no further printings noted and the brown boards are not common. Black paper covered boards are common. Jacket has the same $4 price as the first printing and the front and rear panels are identical but the flaps on this one a little different on front flap and have four reviews on back flap. Jacket has light to moderate edgewear but only a tiny amount of paper loss. No real chips, tears or creasing. Faint foxing and dusting to top page edges. In mylar. . Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Acclaimed as a successful expression of the futility of war, Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead follows the story of an army platoon of foot soldiers fighting for the possession of the Japanese-held island of Anopopei during World War II. The novel, which embodies wartime disillusionment, is partly based on Mailer’s own experiences with the 112th Cavalry in the Pacific. Through its four parts, The Naked and the Dead addresses themes of loneliness, death of fear and dying, and brotherhood. The novel is written in gritty, journalistic detail. However, this tone was dialed back as publishers persuaded Mailer to use to euphemism “fug” in lieu of the mother of all curse words — the “F” word — in his novel. The Naked and the Dead sold 200,000 copies in its first three months and was a New York Times best seller for over a year. Despite some controversy among critics, the novel remains important in American literature. The Naked and the Dead is ranked 51st on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. The novel was later adapted into a film of the same name in 1958.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013309
- Title
- The Naked and the Dead
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Early Printing
- Publisher
- Rinehart and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Classic Author's;
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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